> This part is really damning: a real efficiency audit There were already people auditing departments, but they got fired early on: * https://en.wikipedia.org

> This part is really damning: a real efficiency audit There were already people auditing departments, but they got fired early on: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_general#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_general#United_State... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_dismissals_of_inspectors_general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_dismissals_of_inspectors_... There's even an entire agency devoted to auditing: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Offi... Trying to find efficiency by bringing in the private sector is not a new thing: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Commission * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownlow_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownlow_Committee * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Commission * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Partnership_for_Reinventing_Government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Partnership_for_Reinv...